FRIDAY NIGHT IN TOWN CITY ENGINEER RETURNS AN OUTING FOR SOLDIERS MUNICIPAL FISH MARKET

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2704, 25 February 1916, Page 3

FRIDAY NIGHT IN TOWN

CITY ENGINEER RETURNS

AN OUTING FOR SOLDIERS

MUNICIPAL FISH MARKET

What perfectly glorious weather I Keally, 1 think it must be years since we I)wl u summer like this." . And Mrs. ban- sat down by the open window, and drew the blind a little. "Do you notice the autumn coolness stealing into the m ?v ""' thes ° lust few days?" i( "ies," said her friend, Mrs. Johnson, I noticed it when I was at the Empress Licture Theatre the other evening. By the way, w hat a nicely-ventilated theatre tiiat is; have you been there?" n i.' ' ' "'""'■ l " see the 'King's Outcast there tho other afternoon—a sploiidid drama!" ' _ "It was. But we must go end sea oy the I'amous Players' Company, with lUarguerito Clark—you remember network in 'The Crucible,' in the principal role? AVc will go in the afternoon and nave tea in tho circle. It is handed round to patrons by the management— quite a novel idea, don't you think?" "Xes, and very nice tea, too. By the way, I took an old school friend to see the pictures last week. Sho had never been before, as she has always been so short-sighted. I simply compelled her to get a pair of glasses. }}.? , wen f along to Spear, tn-e optician, in Willis Street, and she got a very nic*. pair of Pit-U glasses. Then we went to the pictures, and you never saw such a change in a woman. She was just like a child at its first pantomime." , "By the way, have you ever tried grape juice?" "1 got some the other day from the banatariuni Health Food Cafe, in Willis Street. _ The Health Cafe stocks Brack's, which is said to be one of the best brands. It makes a delightful drink, and is verygood for people whose digestion requires a gentle tonic. I made a lovely punch the other day with a quart of grape juice, the same' of water, some cracked ice, the juice of six lemons, and a little sweetening." "It sounds quite delicious—l must try some. I heard of a very -good thing for

the hot weather the other day; in fact, it is a good tiling for all seasons." "What was that?" "H.D. Health Salts. I got some at the VYairarapa Farmers', on the Quay, the other day, and I find them a splendid thing to have in the house. One can make a delightful cooling drink with a spoonful of the salt in a glass of water, and with the dose a little stronger vou get a splendid medicinal drink which acts as a gentle laxative and a tonic at the tamo time."

1 soe. Well, I must follow your example and got some.' By the way, my dear, I hope you are being very British m your buying; there are so many'cunning ways of palming off German things ,A\ S - n OW tbat one lllls to ver .Y alert." Well, wo can't very well go wrong at Lees and Church's this week. They have just opened up and laid out for display a perfectly lovely selection of corsets of different designs, and most artistically and tastefully finished. One of my girls, who has gone tennis mad lately, bought one of their 'Melastic Sports' corsets, and is delighted with it." "I had some hairwork beautifully done at Stamford's, Cuba Street, last week. I noticed when I was there that they have a maroel-wnvmg department, whioh does very thorough work." "Their shampooing and dressings are highly spoken of everywhere, and I'm quite sure that you will always get as much satisfaction in military stvlcs there as anywhere else—and at reasonable prices, too.

While we are on the subject of hair I must make a note to get a bottle of balvin's Hairaid for Molly. y ou remomber how thin her hair used to br, nml what a different-looking girl she is now? Well, it was simply Hairaid, and wmstant, regular attention that did it, and although ws 4iave. settled Holly's hair troubles, yet I believe in keeping a bottlo in the house as an occasional tonic, for anybody." "Oh, by the way, my sister's family are all-going to be .photographed at the Trevor Studios next week."

"A lot of soldiers go there, judging by their framed exhibits. Now that the bright days are here I must get my family photographed, 100. Tlio Trevor Studios excel in child studies."

"Another item. I want to get a pair of shoes for my eldest girl, as a present, A nice pair of Goer's single-bar white buck-'shoes at 17s. Gd. Of course I know her size and foot. I happened to look in Goer's window as I Was coming down ilajoribanks Street this morning, and the thought struck me. I saw 6uch a nice pair of white button boots at 12s. Gd."

"Oh, I want you to have lunch with me at the Tyrol Rooms, in Manners Street to-day."

■ "Delighted! I took my husband along there the other day. They have a smoking room there ' for gen. tlemon, and I think that must have bees the last little touch that captured him. We had such a nice lunch, too—three courses for a shilling." : 'My husband took me to supper there the other evening, p.ud wo quite enjoyed ourselves."—(Published by arrangement.)

OBSERVATIONS IN AUSTRALIA. Sir. W. tl. Morton (City Engineer), who has returned from a visit to Australia", states that lie (lid not attempt to seek much information whilst abroad, but merely went away for a rest, and that rest he had very thoroughly enjoyed. Ho was only in Sydney three days, and during that .time lie visited the various ha thing resorts, and thought the best arrangements for coping with largo numbers of bathers was at Coogee. As lie was furnishing the Baths and Beaches Committee with a .report on his observations, lie did not wish to go into details about it. Surf-boards ho found were absolutely prohibited 011 the popular beaches, but were allowed at a remote part or the Manly beach. Tlio prohibition was brought about, he understood, by people being injured by the boards, one young lady having had her leg broken by being struck with a board. One very popular diversion at which many of the bathers were very clever, was the shooting or swimming in with the breakers. Some of the men were so clever at this sport that they would come right up high and dry on the beach on a- breaker from a considerable distance out. At Melbourne he found that the scheme of linking up the suburbs by electric tramways had been pushed ahead considerably, and St. Kilda was now quite the centre of a network of lines. Strange to say, he found that a great many people in Melbourne still preferred the cable cars to the electric trams, and instead of any scheme of conversion in the city, the cable services were being speeded up by cutting out many of the less important stopping places. He paid a tribute to the uniform courtesy and consideration shown to the public by the Melbourne tramway employees, -which was a striking contrast to the Sydney men's manner.

_ Mr. Morton was oil the train travelling from Melbourne to Sydney when the soldiers' riot occurred in tlie .latter city. The affair ivas the talk of the eity the next day, and expressions of regret that such a thing should have occurred were to he heard on all sides, even from the type of person that one might have thought would have sided with the rioters. As a counter to the disgraceful affair, he saw about 500 returned soldiers assemblo near the "Sydney Morning Herald" Office and inarch through the city headed by the band. Words could not explain the enthusiasm which .was shown to those men. One feature in regard to building winch struck him both in Melbourne and Sydney was the largo number of "flats" that were being erected. The household-help trouble appeared to be as acute as ever, if not more so, and the assumption was that people were only too glad to secure three or four comfortably furnished rooms, fitted with j every modern convenience rather than i keep lip a big establishment.

MOTOR TRIP TO TRENTHAM. Returned soldiers are to be taken for a motor run up the Hutt Valley to-mor-row afternoon by members of the Wellington Automobile Club. Arrangements for the outing were completed at a meeting of the club committee held yesterday. "With the exception that some'cars will goto the Victoria Hospital to pick np disabled soldiers,', the place of assembly is Post Office Square, and the time 1.30 p.m. Thence the cars will run out to Mr. Barton's place, at Trentham, where the soldiers are to bo entertained at afternoon tea. It has been arranged that each owner shall take his wife or a lady friend to act as hostess, and shall provide for the party allotted to his car. Mr. Izard, the president of the club, is inviting several Cabinet Ministers and members of the Headquarters Staff of the Defence department to attend the outing. Colonel Potter, Commandant of Trentham Camp, has kindly consented to send the regimental band of twenty-five members. ' ' Messrs. H. -J. Stott (secretary), AA r . Pryor, and C. M. Banks were appointed by the committee to act as marshals at the place of assembly. The -SoMicrs will be in charge of Captain Donald Simson. At present some thirty-five cars have been promised, but it is likely that a still larger number will assemble at the rendezvous. Among the owners, who have agreed to take or send their cars are: Messrs. Vivian Riddiford, Eric Johnston, E. H. Anderson, A. Levy, A. Kernot. S. G. Nathan, AV. G. Foster, \V. Naismith, C. H. Izard, E. Dwyer, M. Kennedv, C. 51. Banks, AV. Mantell, C. E. Aklridge, H.'AV. Lloyd, C. C 4. Sherwood, AV. Prvor, J. H. Owen, AV. It. Morris, AV." Caminer, AV. L; Thompson, J. Hart, AA 7 . Crichton, — Murphy, I'. Young, S. Harcourt, J. J. AVillianison, G. H. Chapman, — Cooper, Miss Cooper, Miss Murphy, Dr. Prcndergast Knight, and the Hon. T. AV. Hislop. Dr. Ewart and Mr. AA 7 . H. Sefton Moorhouse-, who were unable to send their cars, have contributed cheques which will be Applied to the expenses of "he entertainment. it is being arranged that two mechanics. shall follow the procession _of cars, so that any minor repairs which may become necessary may be quickly effected.

WORKING AT A LOSSi A loss of £20 lis. Bd. was made by Municipal Fish Market' during tho month of January, making a total loss of £37 17s. 2d. for the ten months ended January 31 last. The sub-com-miitee appointed liy the committed made an exhaustive inquiry into tho reasons for the loss ; and they have arrived at the conclusion that the amount charged for commission on consignments of fish, viz., 10 per cent., on the small amount of business derived from that source, is insufficient to cover the working expenses. The committee recommended that an additional 5 per cent, he' charged on consignments after March 31, 1916, and that such increase be givena trial for three months from that date. . , Councillor Fuller said he was surprised at the proposal to increase the price. Councillors knew that money was wasted ill certain directions, and lie did not think that £37 was a great less for ten months- when the people were getting cheap fish. Councillor Luckie said the increase was not one for the public, but was an increase in tho commission charged for selling fisli on consignment. Councillor Fuller said that it did affcct tfie public, because the fishermen would sell their fish elsewhere. The committee's recommendation was adopted.